The undocumented io:get_password() might do what you want.<div><br></div><div>try:</div><div><br></div><div>> X = io:get_password().</div><div><br></div><div>Sees to work - I've no idea why it's not documented.</div>
<div><br></div><div>/Joe<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 11:12 PM, Alex Shneyderman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:a.shneyderman@gmail.com">a.shneyderman@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">> (On a related note, it seems that it's impossible to get user input<br>
> without echoing anything to the screen.)<br>
<br>
</div>I use io:get_line("") for echo-less prompt.<br>
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